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The World Bank’s work in urban development aims to build sustainable cities and communities through an urbanization process that is green, inclusive, competitive, and resilient, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.11, to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, as well as to the World Bank’s goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
Average growth rates in cities today are declining, and some city centers are losing population to the urban periphery. Urbanization is shifting towards small and intermediate cities. The region is starting to age rapidly, a trend that is especially pronounced in urban areas. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is already 64% urbanized ...
Urbanization in the country is dominated by the Bangkok urban area, which at 9.6 million people in 2010 almost joined the ranks of the megacities of the region. The Bangkok urban area grew from 1,900 square kilometers to 2,100 between 2000 and 2010, making it the fifth-largest urban area in East Asia in 2010, larger than megacities such as ...
In the Philippines Urbanization Review: Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, the World Bank and the Government of the Philippines analyze three challenges that need to be addressed if the country is to reap the benefits of urbanization: Density. The growing population is not matched by key infrastructure investments.
The 9th Urbanization and Development Conference is the first iteration of the conference with a regional focus on Africa. It will bring together academics, development practitioners, and urban policy makers to present and discuss questions relating to how research in the growing field of urban economics can help inform difficult policy ...
Countries with similar levels of GDP, such as Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan, have an urbanization rate closer to 35%. Phnom Penh, the country’s capital, has witnessed significant urban growth over the last 10 years, and now has close to 2 million residents. It is the largest and fastest growing city in the country and serves as a gateway to the ...
Here are some key findings for Bhutan made in the report: The growth rate of Bhutan’s urban population was the highest among the eight South Asian countries, at 5.7 percent per year from 2000-2010. The share of Bhutan’s population living in areas officially classified as urban was 3.2 percent per year over the same period – the second ...
One big reason is that its urbanization has been messy and hidden, according to the report titled, “ Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia: Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability.”. Messy urbanization is reflected in the widespread existence of slums and sprawl. Sprawl, in turn, helps give rise to hidden urbanization ...
Looking at urbanization through a jobs lens. Woman walking in city. Ghana. Eugenio Zeca Soares, works as a security guard in Maputo, Mozambique. He left his home province of Zambezia three years ago and moved to Maputo looking for better living conditions. “ Finding a job is very difficult, the most one can find are temporary jobs,” he said.
Sri Lanka’s “messy” urbanization is reflected in patterns of sprawl and ribbon development with evidence of rapid growth on the periphery of, in particular, the Colombo metropolitan region and along major transport arteries. This differs from most of the rest of South Asia where messy urbanization is also associated with large slum ...